From the mariachi's booming guitarron on "Cielito Lindo," to the powerful accordeón in Los Tigres del Norte's "Ni Parientes ...

"The instrument is like a vessel to get the sound out. So if you've got a great instrument, you can really think about the tone, quality, all the most important things," Regni said.

(RNS) — Young musicians have taken to the organ at a time when there has been a decline in the number of instruments and in the professionals who play them.

All the instruments part of Violins of Hope are artifacts from the Holocaust in some form or fashion, whether stowed away in hiding, ferried with refugees to parts unknown or even taken into camps ...